17 weeks!

I have been horrible at posting lately! Life has been crazy! I am now 17 weeks along in my pregnancy, and feeling great! I stopped feeling nauseous around 14 weeks, with mild spells from time to time. Since then I have been feeling great! I would put a picture of my 16 week baby belly....but I dont have one! haha I notice a tiny difference, but nothing that would show up in a picture! I had my 16 week doctors appointment a few days ago, and it went well. I love my doctors! Mostly because I know them both so well from work, and they treat me really well. My appointment was really quick, but Devry finally got to hear the baby's heartbeat (I have been cheating and listening to it at work for weeks). My 20 week appointment is March 19th, and they will do the ultrasound then to tell us what we are having. The Doctor I saw last week was suprised I didn't know already since I have free access to the ultrasound machine at work. 16 weeks is pretty early to be able tell, so I havn't looked yet. I probably will next week if its slower at work.

Other news.....Devry and I are officially homeowners! We finally were able to buy Devry's parents house. It feels good to have a house of our own. I am excited to start doing some redecorating to make it feel more like "ours". We will be putting new flooring/ carpet in most of the house, and repainting 2 rooms, plus the nursery. I am so excited to get started on our projects, and really want to have it done before the baby comes. I will be putting before and after pictures on here once I start getting it done.

Other then a growing baby and a new house, not too much else is new. Devry is busy with work and school, and I am working a ton and taking a few classes. Life is busy, but great!

Superbowl Sunday!

I have officially been corrupted by Devry. I have never watched football in my life until I met him. At first I complained when we had to watch it, then began to tolerate it, then started trying to understand it, then didn't mind watching it, and now...I look forward to it. Well this year for the superbowl, I even planned to have my friend Jen and her Husband Brandt over for dinner and the game.


Brandt is from New Mexico, which is where Devry served his mission. I decided to attempt to make Green chili chicken Enchiladas, which is a very popular New Mexico dish. Normally if there is something I havn't made before, I will make it first for Devry to see if it turns out, then for other people. Not this time. That day was the first time I had ever made them. Im happy to say that they turned out pretty good! They could have been a little spicier, but still tasted good!

Devry was a great help in the kitchen!

Time to Eat!

Green Chili Chicken Enchiladas. Ill definately be making them again!

And.... time for the game. It was really fun to watch the game on our TV, in high Definition. It was a really fun day! The only downfall....The cardinals lost! boo. We were really only going for them because they were the underdog, but by the end of the game we felt they deserved to win. Oh well. It was still a ton of fun! Thanks Brandt and Jen for coming over!

Congratulations!

Congrats to Dan and Rachelle, who had a beautiful little girl on Thursday January 22 at 9:02 am. Her name is Macy Dawn Hymas, and she weighed 6lbs 4 oz. She is simply precious. I worked the night after she was born, so I got to take care of her while Rachelle (tried) to get some sleep. All the other nurses were passing her around and all wanting to hold her because she is "so cute!" Once I went into another patients room, and Macy was in her bassinet when I went in. I came out 5 minutes later and a nurse was holding her and said "she was getting restless so I picked her up....well she moved once anyways."
Devry had the right date for when she would be born, and is very proud of that fact. I told him that if he is able to guess his sister in law's delivery date, the pressure is on to get mine right when its time:). He came up to the hospital to meet Macy on friday night, then again with me last night. Watching him hold her last night made me even more excited to have our own baby.

I had another Dr's appointment last week, and all is well with the baby. He/she is looking very healthy, and growing lots! My nausea is mostly gone now, with a few waves here and there, but definately bearable. We will find out around the middle of march what we are having. Everything is going great!

Life

Devry and I are both back in school. Devry is going full time, taking 16 credits and doing his internship at the same time. I am of course still working full time at nights and taking 6 credits. My schedule is pretty good, any classes that aren't online are in the late afternoon so I do get sleep sometimes. It is difficult because on days I work, Devry and I see each other for half hour in the mornings when I get home before he leaves and half hour in the evenings when he gets home before I leave. Luckily the most I work is 3 nights a week so its not all the time.

Things are going great with my pregnancy. I am starting to feel a lot better, and don't get nauseous near as much as I did. I still have a few foods that make me sick right away..and others I can't get enough of. My cravings aren't anything really bizarre, just random. I could eat breakfast foods anytime. I eat scrambled eggs almost every day, and other kids of breakfast foods whenever I get the chance. Devry brought me pancakes in bed the other day, that was really sweet. Orange juice is also something I cannot get enough of. I tried oranges because they are healthier, but its not the same. I know...its weird. I guess its better then some things I could crave. My next Dr's appointment is in a week so we will get to hear the babys heartbeat and make sure everything's going ok. I cheated and used the doppler at work the other night to hear the baby's heartbeat...it was really neat to hear.

Everything for us is going great! We are anxious to both be competely done with school, but for the time being we are just enjoying life until we get there.

Things to Look forward to this year!

10. Devry Graduating in July and starting his career as an Automotive Technician.

9. Our 2nd anniversary! Wow time flies!

8. Buying our house

7. Going home to Nova Scotia for sure in October, and hopefully another time sooner.

6. Neice #2 being born hopefully this month!

5. Getting closer to finishing my Bachelors degree.

4. Having all of Devry's family together for a vacation

3. Meeting Nolan (nephew # 5)

2. Having my mom and sister come to visit in August (hopefully!)

1. Having a Baby!!!

In case you havn't heard, we are expecting! I am due August 1. It will be Grandchild # 8 on Devry's side (unless someone has an announcement they havn't shared :)) , and Grandchild #1 on my side! We are so excited! We will be bringing the baby home to Nova Scotia in October for him/her to experience their first Canadian thangsgiving! I will be off of work for 3 months after delivering, then return part time. We had the first ultrasound done a few weeks ago. It was so exciting to see the little heartbeat. We can find out around the end of March if we are having a boy or girl, which will be fun to see! Besides being a bit sick, everything has been going great! Hopefully the nausea will be gone soon. The biggest shock to me has been how sensitive I can smell everything. I do not think of it as a good thing at all, especially because of all the interesting (and by interesting, I really mean absolutely disgusting) smells I come across at work. Oh welll....vicks rub has become my best friend...if i put a little under my nose that is all I can smell.

We are looking forward to all of the changes this will bring in our life.

Happy New Year!

Happy Birthday Devry!

A few days after Christmas was Devrys birthday. He turned 24 years old on the 28th. We had family over for cake and ice cream and present opening. Trey was very excited to help devry blow out his candles....and was a pro at present opening because of all his practice on Christmas, so he helped with that too. The best part was that Trey would open a present, and have no Idea what it was (like a car booster set) and still say "WOW!!!" like it was the best thing in the world.

I felt so bad because we had plans for his birthday in Nova Scotia...but with the change of plans, I didn't get to plan anything too big for his birthday. We spent time with his family though, so that was fun.

I want to take the opportunity to express my love and appreciation for Devry. He is the most wonderful and considerate husband. He cares so much about me and I am very lucky to have him. He does the sweetest and kindest things for me, and I often take him for granted. I have never once had to go out in the early morning to start my car and scrape it off. He is out doing that at 5am so my car is warm and ready to go by 5:20 when I leave for work. Not to mention getting up even earlier to start a fire so the house is warm when I get out of bed. He gets things done around our house whenever they need fixed. He is outside shoveling snow constantly, and always walks me out to the car if the ground is icy so I dont fall. He works hard at everything he does. I feel so blessed to be able to call him mine. I love you so much Devry. Happy birthday.

Christmas 2008!

This Christmas was a lot of fun! Most of Devry's brothers were here to celebrate this year. Unfortunately Joe and Lisa weren't able to come, but the way the weather has been across the country, it was a relief to know they were safe at home and wouldn't be stuck in an airport somewhere.

Everyone got together on Christmas Eve at our house. I volunteered to make Christmas Eve dinner. I decided to make Chinese food, which is a bit of a tradition in my familiy. I completely forgot to take pictures of the meal, but it turned out pretty good! I made fried rice, battered sweet and sour chicken, boneless honey garlic spare ribs, stir fry, and egg rolls. Thanks Dad for the recipes!!

We decided for dessert we would decorate sugar cookies. After playing a few fun christmas games that Rachelle had put together (and Ted winning the prize Dan had picked out.....a whoopie cushion), we began to decorate cookies.

Shayla helping Kaden, and Devry supposed to be helping Trey ..instead he is blowing up the woopie cushion to try to suprise/scare Trey.....how mature my husband is!

Tim Decorating his cookies, and a few finished products....

and of course Carter..... who had no interest in decorating, and just wanted to eat the cookies! :)

After a fun night everyone went home to get ready for Christmas Day.

Devry and I opened one present on Christmas Eve, which is tradition for both of our families. The part of the tradition that we are making our own is that the Christmas Eve gift is always new PJ's. This way, when we have kids, they will look extra cute on Christmas morning when they wake up with their new PJ's on. So Devry and I bought each other new PJ's to open Christmas Eve.

We went to bed, and I expected a sleepless night. I am still like a little kid on Christmas. I can't sleep, and will be up ready to open presents at 4am. I was suprised that I was out, and didn't wake up once until 6am. We got up about 6:30 to open presents. Our stockings were first, and then our other presents.

I wrapped Devry's TV....mostly as a joke since it has been up for the last month. He was still very excited to open it.

Devry suprised me completely with his gift. I had told him the things I wanted, and really thought he had gotten those, but instead he bought me a camera. I hadn't said I wanted one for Christmas, but had talked about getting one for our anniversary or something. I was completely suprised when I opened the camera! It is a very very nice Nikon P80 cool pix. I am so lucky to have such a wonderful husband who enjoys suprising and spoiling me!

After opening our presents at home, we got ready and went to Devry's parents to spend the rest of the day with family.

Kaden helping Devry open more Christmas Presents.

Bubba doing his part too

Devry and Ted playing the minature pool set.

We had a wonderful day! Louise cooked a delicious Turkey dinner, and we all got to enjoy the day together. Unfortunately Devry and I weren't able to make it to Nova Scotia on the 26th, but we have enjoyed having a few days off to spend together at home. Family is such a blessing, and we are so lucky to have Devry's family so close.